thanks to everyone, for taking there time to give an answer to my question....is good to hear from so many knowledgable people
i look foreward to Franks comments, on the suitability of granada uprights, for a GT40...... You may remember me Frank, im the guy, who bought the Granada calipers from you earlyer this year...
Im building A GT40 replica, and I have written an article on it which appeared in the latest magazine for the gt 40 enthusiasts club, the article , was titled, " A GT40 FROM SCRATCH ", If anyone is intrested in reading it, i can send them a PDF file
whllst i mainly recieved positive comments , about my imaganative ideas, and different way of doing things, I do however have a gentleman, who questioned the way I had upgraded my braking system, and asked if it was safe, and sugested that safety should come before cost, and I totaly agree with him on this point,... but i do wish to point out, that i did the modifications, as a challange not a cost cutting excersize,( One of the things i did was to crossdrill my discs. When I crossed drilled the rear discs, i used a different pattern to the front ,just to make it more intersting )
The main thing that concerned him, was the fact, that i had fitted dual calipers to the front braking system, he pointed out, that the Granada uprights were never designed for the extra loading that I was subjecting them to, and that the spindles were marginal in there strength I can see where he is comeing from, but, neither were they designed for, 4 , or 6 pot, upgraded brake sustems,
I will explain what i did, and I look forward to constructive comments
I attached an extra, caliper, to the front of the upright,( there is a pic showing, how I did it, in the article)
I used the 2 mountings on the uprights, and 2 adittional mountings, which are all_ready on the uprights, but I did drill, and tap them from the M6 to M12, I then made some brakets from some 12mm by 25mm en3b steel. Each caliper, is connected to the same 4 mounting points on the upright
when 6 pot calipers, are fitted to the uprights, they only use the 2 original mounting points, and they seem to handle the extra loadings very well, i have emailed manufactures of 6 pot systems, and they say they do not know, of any uprights which have failed because of the 6 pot calipers....
whilst my braking system uses 4 x 54mm pistons, I believe there efficiency to be exual to a 4 pot, system,( Dont forget , I have the original size discs) but unlike other conversions, my system uses 4 mountings, and not 2 therefore, each of the mountings, have half, the loading on them ,
One of the main things wich was said about the granada uprights, was it depended , on how much loading you may put on them, as to how well they performed,
well my car useses a Rover V8, which will give, if Im lucky 200 hp, and with a renault UN 103 gearbox, a top speed of maybe 135 mph, ( not that I will be driving at that speed. Im 47 a bit of an "old boy"., and my car will be for the pleasure of driving, im just too old to drive fast anymore .....)I would love to do the occasionall track day, but it will just be for fun.... To be honest, my main pleasure will come from building the car, not driving it..............
I look foreward to constructive comments